雅思词汇扩展：关于立夏Summer begins你知道多少？

今天立夏了，你知道吗？立夏是什么意思呢？就是夏季的个节气，表示盛夏时节的正式开始。那么关于立夏的英文表达你知道吗？下面 老师为大整理了有关立夏的英文，希望对你以后的雅思写作或者口语考能有所帮助。

What’s“Summer Begins”?什么是立夏?

"Summer Begins" is the seventh in Chinese 24 Solar Terms , it usually comes on May 5 or May 6 every year. The meaning of “Summer Begins” is “the summer season is beginning immediately.”This period as the time where temperature begins to rise obviously,thunderstorm becomes more frequent and crops’growth enter the peak season.

立夏是中二十四节气中的七个节气，一般是公历每年的五月五号或六号。立夏的意思是“夏天即将开始”，在这一时期气温将明显升高，而频繁的雷雨会让庄稼进入蓬勃生长的季节。

Long summer, the solar term in the warring States period ( 239 BC ) has been established, heralded the transformation of the season, for the beginning of the summer of the four seasons of the year. In fact, if according to the standards of climatology, the daily average temperature rose steadily up to more than 22 ℃ for the summer, " long summer" before and after, only Fuzhou to Nanling line south of China is the real " green summer long, loutai reflection into the pond" in the summer, and parts of the northeast and northwest at this time has just entered the spring, the average temperature in most parts of the country in 18 ~ 20 ℃, it is " every red purple fight wheatgrass" in spring and late spring season. Into may, many places Flos sophorae is open. Long summer season, everything is lush.

立夏这个节气在战末年（公元前239年）就已经确立了，预示着季节的转换，为一年四季之夏季开始的日子。实际上，若按气候学的标准，日平均气温稳定升达22℃以上为夏季开始，“立夏”前后，我只有福州到南岭一线以南地区是真正的“绿树浓阴夏日长，楼台倒影入池塘”的夏季，而东北和西北的部分地区这时则刚刚进入春季，全大部分地区平均气温在18～20℃上下，正是“百般红紫斗芳菲”的仲春和暮春季节。进入了五月，很多地方槐花也正开。立夏时节，万物繁茂。

In ancient China, people divided lixia into three periods—first period: the sounding of the crickets; second period: the earthworms coming out; third period: the budding of the cucumber blossom. From this description, we can see that when lixia begins, the first thing that occurs is the chirping of the crickets (or some people say frogs) in the fields, then the activity of the earthworms is seen and last the vine of the cucumber begins its rapid growth.

我古代将立夏分为三候：“一候蝼蝈鸣，二候蚯蚓出，三候王瓜生。”即是说这一节气中先可听到蜊蜊蛄（即蝼蛄）在田间的鸣叫声（一说是蛙声），接着大地上便可看到蚯蚓掘土，然后王瓜的蔓藤开始快速攀爬生长。

Traditional Customs

跟立夏有关的习俗

On the day of lixia, the Chinese have many other interesting folk customs. Many people throughout southern China during lixia will make what they traditionally call, “colorful rice.” It is made from many different kinds of beans, like red beans, soy beans, black beans, green beans and mung beans mixed together with white japonica rice. After eating the “lixia rice,” the people also had the custom of weighing themselves, for they say that those who weigh themselves on that day don’t have to be afraid of pining away during the sweltering heat of the summer.

立夏这天，我民间还有很多趣味习俗。立夏当天，我南方很多地方的人们会用赤豆、黄豆、黑豆、青豆、绿豆等五色豆拌合白粳米煮成“五色饭”，俗称吃“立夏饭”。吃过“立夏饭”，还有“称人”的习俗。据说这一天称了体重之后，就不怕夏季炎热，不会消瘦。还有的会吃Summer Begins Egg 立夏蛋等等。

关于立夏（Summer begins）的英文讲解就到这里，希望上述表达能对同学们有所帮助。如果还有更多疑问的话，可直接咨询上海雅思培训在线老师。